WEBVTT - Headlines: Lehrmann requests judge-only trial for rape charges

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<v Speaker 1>From The Daily Os.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Zara, I'm Sam.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Thursday, the twenty third of January. Here's what's making

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<v Speaker 1>headlines this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lemon has requested a trial without

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<v Speaker 2>a jury as he prepares to face rape charges in

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<v Speaker 2>the Queensland's Court. Lehman is accused of two counts of

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<v Speaker 2>sexual assault dating back to October of twenty twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>in Toowoomba, which is west of Brisbane. His lawyers are

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<v Speaker 2>expected to file an application to the Twomba District Court

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<v Speaker 2>seeking a judge only trial. The request means it would

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<v Speaker 2>be up to a single justice rather than a jury,

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<v Speaker 2>to determine whether or not Lehman is guilty. The twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nine year old is yet to enter a plea, but

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<v Speaker 2>his lawyers have indicated he will defend the charges. Pre

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<v Speaker 2>trial hearings will begin in March.

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<v Speaker 1>New South Wales police are searching for three men believed

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<v Speaker 1>to have assaulted two off duty police officers in Sydney's

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<v Speaker 1>Inner West. It's understood the officers approached a group of

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<v Speaker 1>men who are arguing with each other in Newtown late

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<v Speaker 1>last night. Emergency services were called to the scene after

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<v Speaker 1>the men then allegedly punched and kicked the officers repeatedly.

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<v Speaker 1>One officer, a twenty five year old man, was found

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<v Speaker 1>unconscious and given CPR. He was taken to hospital in

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<v Speaker 1>a serious but stable condition. The second off duty officer,

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<v Speaker 1>also a twenty five year old man, was taken to

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<v Speaker 1>hospital with facial injuries, but has since been discharged. New

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<v Speaker 1>South Wales police said the attackers fled the scene before

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<v Speaker 1>police arrived. They're calling for any witnesses or anyone who

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<v Speaker 1>may have CCTV or dashcam footage of the incident to

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<v Speaker 1>come forward.

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<v Speaker 2>A new wildfire has broken out in Los Angeles, forcing

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<v Speaker 2>the evacuations of more than thirty thousand residents. Within six

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<v Speaker 2>hours of igniting, the Hughes fire burned through nearly forty

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<v Speaker 2>square kilometers of vegetation near Santa Clarita, which is northwest

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<v Speaker 2>of La. Large amounts of fire retardant have been spread

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<v Speaker 2>across the impacted area thanks to slower wind speeds. The

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<v Speaker 2>California Fire Department has instructed residents in parts of the

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<v Speaker 2>La and Vas Tourer counties to leave now, citing an

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<v Speaker 2>immediate threat to life. An ongoing wildfire crisis in southern

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<v Speaker 2>California has claimed at least twenty eight lives this month

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<v Speaker 2>and destroyed thousands of structures. In addition to the latest

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<v Speaker 2>evacuations prompted by the Hues fire, twenty three thousand other

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<v Speaker 2>LA residents remain under evacuation orders as crew's continue efforts

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<v Speaker 2>to contain the Palisades and Eaten wildfires.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news, solar energy production in Europe has

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<v Speaker 1>overtaken coal for the first time ever. The latest report

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<v Speaker 1>from climate think tank ember Energy found solar panels generated

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<v Speaker 1>eleven percent of the European Union's electricity in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>compared to coal burning plants, which generated just ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the EU's annual energy. The European Electricity Review also

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<v Speaker 1>shows gas power generation declined for the fifth consecutive year. Collectively,

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<v Speaker 1>renewable sources generated twenty seven percent of the EU's power

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<v Speaker 1>grid in twenty twenty four, led by wind and solar

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<v Speaker 1>as the region becomes less reliant on fossil fuels.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the latest from the Daily OZ newsroom. If you're

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